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Genetic Engineering News: Can CRISPR Feed the World?
Now in its second decade, CRISPR genome editing technology is being used to revolutionize agriculture—just in time to help us adapt to climate change. A decade has passed since the landmark paper by Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier describing their Nobel Prize–winning research appeared in Science. The research, of course, was about the “genetic scissors” known…
Read MoreFast Company: 3 Steps to Identify the Most Impactful Companies to Invest In
Every year brings another wave of challenging climate news, but 2022 seems to be off to a particularly rocky start. From the IPCC Climate Reports to the crisis in Ukraine to the federal government’s struggles to pass any serious climate legislation, the news is filled with warning signs. Compounding these challenges is growing disillusionment with…
Read MoreAgFunder News: Charting the Course to a Resilient Food System with Dynamic System Modeling
Earth Day 2022’s theme — ‘invest in our planet’ — stands as a stark reminder that our economic security is entirely dependent on the health of our natural world. Earth Day demands that we ask: “What is the real bottom line?” Rarely in life are we presented with clarity. Climate change is clear. It is…
Read MoreExpansion Into Wheat Continues a Personal Journey
By Catherine FeuilletChief Scientific Officer – This week marked yet another exciting development in Inari’s progress toward helping to transform the global food system by deploying our SEEDesign™ technology platform in major crops, as we announced a key partnership with leading Australian cereal seed company InterGrain. But this news is also particularly inspiring to me on a…
Read MoreInterGrain and Inari Launch Collaboration to Deliver Step-Change in Wheat Yield Potential
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 22, 2022 — Inari, the SEEDesign™ company, and InterGrain, a leading cereal breeding company in Australia, today announced a strategic collaboration to dramatically improve the yield potential of wheat, enhancing the crop’s long-term viability in the face of an increasingly variable climate. The partnership brings together InterGrain’s well-adapted Australian wheat genetics with Inari’s…
Read MoreForbes: Patents Aim to Boost Corn and Soy Performance
Food is so complicated – making it, growing it, choosing what to eat of it. It’s tempting to say this is relatively recent, but if you could travel back in time to talk to the farmers who started selectively breeding corn from teosinte, they’d probably tell you figuring that out was no walk in the park. From a…
Read MoreInari to Bring Growers Proprietary GM Traits in Tandem with Novel Gene Edits
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 9, 2022 — Globally, growers are impacted by the dual challenges of growing more food while making the best use of limited resources. New solutions are required if the needs of the people and the planet are to be met. Inari, the SEEDesign™ company, aims to address these challenges using multiplex gene editing with goals…
Read MoreHow Diversity is Driving Breakthrough Technology
Our mission at Inari – to help build a sustainable food system – is ambitious. But, we don’t lack confidence in our ability to complete it because as an organization, we’re relying on one of nature’s oldest and most effective strategies: diversity. Nature doesn’t believe in doing things a single way. Neither do we. By…
Read MoreInari Collaboration with Eden Enterprise Expands Access to Corn Genetics
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 12, 2021 – Inari, the SEEDesignTM company, announced a strategic collaboration with Eden Enterprise, Inc. that enables access to Stine’s elite corn breeding program in order to further advance the development of unique and competitive products. “We see tremendous potential with gene editing for our corn and soybean breeding programs,” said Harry Stine, president…
Read MoreInari Further Invests in Predictive Design Capabilities with Hiring of Chief Information and Data Officer
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 21, 2021 — Enhancing efforts to effect sustainable improvements through the deep understanding of plants’ complex biological code, Inari – the SEEDesign™ company – has welcomed Dr. Rania Khalaf to its leadership team as its first chief information and data officer. Khalaf brings more than a decade of artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing…
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